Ballina Racecourse upgrade plans to be drawn

The Ballina Jockey Club was placed into the administration of Racing NSW earlier this year, after poor weather resulted in the cancellation of 18 race meets over three years.

A five-member board has now been selected to manage the club's affairs.

Racing NSW has appointed consultants to explore ways of making the Ballina Turf Club racing surface more reliable.

Ballina Jockey Club general manager, Craig Kelly, says an all-weather surface could be the key to addressing financial concerns.

"We have 18 race meetings a year, the last three years we've lost 18 of those race meetings including a couple of the major ones that we really hang our hats on as far as getting profit out of which really decimated us," he said.

"It also affects training numbers because we're not a reliable enough training centre, so once our training facility is upgraded as well, we expect our numbers to increase dramatically."